Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia

The Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) was the branch of the Communist Party of Spain in the Catalonia region of Spain. The party became the only regional party affiliated to the Comintern, and it had 50,000 members by April 1937. The PSUC defended the middle class against the anarchist CNT's land seizures, and it took part in the May Days fighting against the anarchists in Barcelona. The PSUC operated clandestinely and in exile under Francisco Franco's regime, and it was legalized in 1977 after the transition to democracy. In 1997, the party merged into the Initiative for Catalonia Greens party.